Last weekend I picked up a new Pentax camera to serve as a backup to my Pentax K7. The camera I purchased was the mirrorless Pentax K-01. While it has a design that has often polarised people with equal numbers either loving and disliking it. I got one because it has a similar sensor to the highly regarded K5 and gives superb image quality; and as a photographer I am more concerned with the image quality the camera produces rather than how it looks; besides I quite like its design!
To try out the K-01 I headed down to Point Nepean National Park in Victoria, which is the southern most point of entrance to Port Phillip Bay. Point Nepean National Park has a colourful history:
- It was inhabited 40 000 years ago by aboriginal people (the park is home to 70 aboriginal archaeological sites).
- One of the oldest quarantine stations in Australia was built on the point in 1852
- The SS Cheviot was wrecked off its coast in 1867 with the loss of over 30 lives.
- Military forts were constructed on the point from 1878 onwards.
- And finally, former Prime Minister of Australia Harold Holt went missing (presumed drowned) at Cheviot Beach in 1967.
As part of the quarantine station a Cattle jetty was built at Observatory Point in 1879, and while it is no longer complete the remains make an interesting subject to photograph. After a 3 Km walk I arrived at the jetty at 8:30 pm took the shots below with the K-01.
I haven’t used the K-01 very much at the moment but so far I am very impressed with it and am looking forward to taking it out some more.
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